Sakha Republic

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The Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia, is a vast, sparsely populated federal republic of Russia in northeastern Siberia, renowned for its extreme subarctic climate and rich mineral resources, especially diamonds.

Observed surface forms (6)


Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent entity of Russia
federal subject of Russia
region of Siberia
republic of Russia
subnational administrative division
alsoKnownAs Yakutia
area over 3,000,000 square kilometers
areaRankingInRussia largest federal subject by area GENERATED
borderingSea East Siberian Sea
Laptev Sea
capital Yakutsk
climate extreme continental climate
subarctic climate
containsCity Aldan
Lensk
Mirny
Neryungri
Yakutsk
country Russia
economicRegion Russia Far East
surface form: Far Eastern Economic Region
ethnicGroup Russians
Sakha (Yakut) people
federalDistrict Far Eastern Federal District
governmentType republic within a federal state
hasOfficialLanguage Russian language
surface form: Russian

Sakha language
hasSignificantSettlement Oymyakon GENERATED
headOfGovernmentTitle Head of the Republic
historicalRegion Yakutia
knownFor Oymyakon as one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth
diamond mining
extremely low winter temperatures
permafrost
rich mineral resources
largestCity Yakutsk
legislature State Assembly (Il Tumen)
locatedIn Yakutia
surface form: northeastern Siberia
locatedOnContinent Asia
naturalResource coal
diamonds
gold
natural gas
oil
officialName Sakha Republic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
partOf Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
river Olyokma River
surface form: Aldan River

Lena River
Vilyuy River
shortName Sakha Republic self-link
timeZone Magadan Time
Asia/Yakutsk
surface form: Vladivostok Time

Yakutsk Time (seasonally, depending on Russian DST history)
surface form: Yakutsk Time

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Yakutsk Time
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug border Sakha Republic
Zabaykalsky Krai bordersFederalSubject Sakha Republic
this entity surface form: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Amur Oblast bordersWith Sakha Republic
this entity surface form: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Khabarovsk Krai bordersWith Sakha Republic
Lena River countrySubdivision Sakha Republic
this entity surface form: Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Olenyok federalSubject Sakha Republic
Yakutsk federalSubject Sakha Republic
Lena River flowsThrough Sakha Republic
Lena River Delta governedBy Sakha Republic
this entity surface form: Sakha Republic authorities
Yakutsk hasOfficialLanguage Sakha Republic
this entity surface form: Sakha
Batagay hasPrimaryLocalLanguage Sakha Republic
this entity surface form: Sakha
RSFSR includedAutonomousRepublics Sakha Republic
this entity surface form: Yakut ASSR
Russia Far East includesRegion Sakha Republic
subject surface form: Russian Far East
Yakutsk isAdministrativeCenterOf Sakha Republic
Yakutsk isCapitalOf Sakha Republic
Yakutsk isCulturalCenterOf Sakha Republic
Yakutsk isEconomicCenterOf Sakha Republic
Asia/Yakutsk languageEnvironment Sakha Republic
this entity surface form: Sakha
Batagay locatedIn Sakha Republic
Kolyma Mountains locatedIn Sakha Republic
Lena Delta Nature Reserve locatedIn Sakha Republic
Olenyok locatedIn Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk locatedIn Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range locatedIn Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range locatedIn Sakha Republic
this entity surface form: Yakutia
Batagay locatedInNorthernPartOf Sakha Republic
East Siberian Sea locatedNorthOf Sakha Republic
Sakha Republic officialName Sakha Republic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
New Siberian Islands partOf Sakha Republic
Asia/Yakutsk regionServed Sakha Republic
Sakha Republic shortName Sakha Republic self-link
Asia/Yakutsk usedIn Sakha Republic
YAKST usedInFederalSubject Sakha Republic
YAKT usedInRegion Sakha Republic